DOMINIC LAWSON: With Rayner flexing her muscles, to the delight of union bosses, I fear it's a taste of what's to come
For a glimpse of how a Labour government will function in practice, the events of the past few days have been instructive.
For a glimpse of how a Labour government will function in practice, the events of the past few days have been instructive.
Sir Keir Starmer gave his man-of-the-people routine another outing last week, talking about his working-class upbringing as the son of a toolmaker.
This week, as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy which followed, we will, rightly, pay tribute to all the Allied nations that played their part.
As Israel 's powerbrokers consider the latest ceasefire proposals outlined by US President Joe Biden, the reality is that the outcome will ultimately hinge on the self-interest of one man.
Willis was probed over why the Nats didn't campaign on how many families were worse off.
The online persecution of the Princess of Wales is one of the ugliest spectacles of our time. For months, an unholy alliance of crackpot conspiracy theorists have been using the internet to hound Kate.
Sir Keir Starmer 's adviser was enthusiastically downbeat. 'There will be no rabbit in our manifesto,' he revealed.
The 2024 race to be President of the United States has just caught fire. Thursday's conviction of Donald Trump on 34 criminal counts in a hush-money trial has divided an already polarised country.
He's a felon. He's a criminal - and he is the first president in US history to be convicted of such serious offences. By all the laws of politics the Trump campaign should today be a smoking ruin.
JANET STREET-PORTER: Britain is the style capital of the world, no doubt about that. So why do our leaders look like a couple of middle management nobodies?
For the first time I can remember since I acquired a mobile phone, I forgot to take mine with me when I went to a swanky lunch in London the other day, while my wife stayed at home to look after the dog.
Back in the dim and distant when I used to do a bit of TV and radio, she was always game for a laugh. And her laugh was infectious.
Ireland has long enjoyed a reputation as the land of 'a hundred thousand welcomes'. But with record numbers arriving, there's a backlash - and it's clear the state is struggling to find accommodation.
Even Diane Abbott's staunchest defenders would admit she has attracted her fair share of negative headlines. Yet in the past 24 hours, Starmer has made her an unlikely martyr.
'So, Sir Keir Starmer,' we might ask, 'why does an ordinary Labour leader like you want to give the vote to Left-wing teenagers?'
STEPHEN GLOVER: You'd expect the Tories, after 14 years in power, to be stale and listless, and Labour to be buzzing with new ideas after its long period in the wilderness. The opposite is the case.
I dislike going to Pakistani weddings for two reasons. The first is that everyone (probably including some random bloke I've not spoken to in 20 years) wants to know when it's my turn to get married.
South Africa is at a crossroads, exactly 30 years after the sensational election of the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, following the end of the loathed apartheid system.
South Africa is at a crossroads, exactly 30 years after the sensational election of the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, following the end of the loathed apartheid system.
There's only one thing certain about Labour 's plans for business. We will not find out in full what they are until after the General Election.
Starmer doesn't need to proclaim his socialism. It's abundantly clear. Only a dyed-in-the-wool socialist would put forward a policy as divisive and as short-sighted as whacking VAT on public school fees.